RubensThis biography of Peter Paul Rubens, written by German art historian Hermann Knackfuss, is considered to be the most authoritative text on the artist since its publication. |
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But neither Cologne nor her rival , Antwerp , can support their claim to the honour of having given birth to the Flemish artist - prince . Incontestible facts now prove that this event occurred in the little town of Siegen in Westphalia ...
But neither Cologne nor her rival , Antwerp , can support their claim to the honour of having given birth to the Flemish artist - prince . Incontestible facts now prove that this event occurred in the little town of Siegen in Westphalia ...
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O God ! may that never be ! My soul is so much in sympathy with yours and in union with you , that > Fig . 2. THE APOSTLES PETER AND Paul . Drawing. ALLEGED PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER . Fig . 15. THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR .
O God ! may that never be ! My soul is so much in sympathy with yours and in union with you , that > Fig . 2. THE APOSTLES PETER AND Paul . Drawing. ALLEGED PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER . Fig . 15. THE ILDEFONSO ALTAR .
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In the Liechtenstein. courtly manners Fig . 5. DEMOSTHENES , from a series of antique portrait- busts vailing in good society , but his designed by Rubens . Engraving by H. Witdoek . marked artistic inclinations ( To page 16. ) then pre.
In the Liechtenstein. courtly manners Fig . 5. DEMOSTHENES , from a series of antique portrait- busts vailing in good society , but his designed by Rubens . Engraving by H. Witdoek . marked artistic inclinations ( To page 16. ) then pre.
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Then for four years he worked in the atelier of Adam van Noort , an artist much praised by his contemporaries for his dexterity in painting , but of whose talent we can now form no judgement whatever , since no picture now extant can ...
Then for four years he worked in the atelier of Adam van Noort , an artist much praised by his contemporaries for his dexterity in painting , but of whose talent we can now form no judgement whatever , since no picture now extant can ...
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Rubens must have already possessed that marvellous productive power for which he remained unrivalled throughout his artistic career . From the 20th of April 1602 we find him back again in Mantua , having carried out , not only the ...
Rubens must have already possessed that marvellous productive power for which he remained unrivalled throughout his artistic career . From the 20th of April 1602 we find him back again in Mantua , having carried out , not only the ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rubens Volume 9 of Monographs on artists ... IX |
| Author | Hermann Knackfuss |
| Translated by | Luise Marie Schwaab Richter |
| Publisher | Velhagen & Klasing, 1904 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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